How to block or allow sensitive content on Twitter.

Social networks like Twitter are used by millions of people, and although many of them have age limitations, the truth is that when registering with any of them, it is easy to skip any restrictions. In addition, internally they also have filters to prevent access to potentially sensitive content such as violent content or sexual content.

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Fortunately, Twitter, in addition to having an algorithm in charge of detecting and blocking extreme content, users also have the possibility of reporting and alerting of inappropriate content within the social network. As if that were not enough, Twitter also grants controls over sensitive content to each user through the configuration of your profile.

Twitter allows you to enable or disable access to multimedia content that may have sensitive content. This will prevent Tweets containing violence-related or sexual content from being displayed on your wall. This configuration, in addition to being able to be used on a personal level, can also be a good parental control tool, although to be honest, the user can easily disable it.

From the moment you deactivate the function: “Show multimedia content that may contain sensitive content”, Tweets that contain violent or sexual content will no longer be shown even if your followers or followers publish it.

Having said that, below we want to show you step by step how to activate or deactivate the function of displaying sensitive content on the wall of your Twitter profile:

How to block or unblock sensitive media content on Twitter (violent or sexual content):

– Open your Web browser and access your Twitter account. Once inside your account, you must click on the option: More options.

– This will show a menu in which you will have to select the option: Settings and Privacy.

– At this point we will have to search and select the option: Privacy & Security.

– This will expose various configuration sections. In this case we will have to pay attention to the section: Security. In it you will have to check or uncheck the option box: Show multimedia content that may contain sensitive content.

– If you check the indicated box, you will see sensitive content on the wall of your Twitter account. However, if you want to uncheck it, tweets with violent or sexual content will no longer be displayed.